Worms in the Dirt
No time left in Jackie’s thumbs. They died before the rest of her, dangled precious on jagged hipbones, in and…
When Saturn and Jupiter Meet in the Middle
Children play on street corners until the lights grow dim and the stars are visible like pinpricks on a bulletin…
Commercial Break
Once a week a truck driver drove down our street. Stuck to the sides of the semi were two television…
Party in the O.R.
Today is my double mastectomy. Today is also my birthday. As he numbs me, the anesthesiologist wears a pink pointed…
Be Prepared
A baby grand piano appeared after Billie moved in with her son. Fourth-rate elegance. Plywood garbage. The stroke took away…
THROUGH THE WINDOW
Demons cavort in the darkness of trees. Slender, knuckle-cracking things, whispering a wasp language. You stop your ears with moss,…
Orange: Micro Series
Womb Cat wants to paint her house fluorescent orange. Call it Crisis. Call it citrus combating scurvy. Cat doesn’t go…
My Mother Calls Her a Head-Case Convict
But here I am anyway, in the CVS on Perkins and Sixteenth, allowing her to turn me criminal. Like this.…
AU: the night your husband proposed
You’re standing with toes far back from the edge, not prepared for a swim that night in Otsego when he…
Fast Flash Challenge Contest Winners & Shortlisted writers
1st: Place: Party in the O.R. by Lannie Stabile Runner-Up: Through the Window by Susan Wigmore Runner-Up: Be Prepared by…
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